The sprawling U.N. compound in Geneva was briefly shut down Friday after an intruder broke through the security perimeter, a spokesperson said. Alessandra Vellucci said the incident lasted no more ...

FILE - The United Nations headquarters are pictured in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. The sprawling U.N. compound in Geneva was briefly shut down Friday, Aug. 25, 2023 after an intruder ...

Following the successful opening of the UN Postal Administration (UNPA) in New York in 1951, the second branch of the UNPA opened at the Palais des Nations in Geneva in 1969. An agreement between the ...

Last Thursday, October 17, the 142nd session of the UN Human Rights Committee was held in Geneva, to review the human rights record of Pakistan. A handful of students at the Geneva Academy, including ...

United Nations officials running the plastics treaty talks say they're considering holding the next session of negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland, in July. In a report posted online Jan. 31 by the ...

GENEVA , May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- "From a Culture of Violence to a Culture of Peace: Transforming the Human Spirit," an exhibition examining the nuclear weapons issue through the lens of human security, ...

GENEVA/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations is considering a massive overhaul that would merge major departments and shift resources across the globe, according to an internal memo prepared by ...

Dissidents from across the globe gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, to tell the stories of their survival and escape from authoritarian regimes. In just a few days, the United Nations Human Rights ...

UNITED NATIONS — Yemen’s ambassador to the United Nations said Wednesday that UN-led talks aimed at ending the conflict in the Middle East’s poorest nation will begin June 14 in Geneva. Ambassador ...

Boris Bondarev, a counselor at the Russian mission in Geneva, quit in a rare example of an official breaking with the Kremlin over its war in Ukraine. By Nick Cumming-Bruce and Anton Troianovski ...